A Different Drummer

Beschreibung

'More than lives up to the hype' Observer<BR>'Set to become a publishing sensation' Kirsty Lang, BBC Front Row<BR>'An astounding achievement' Sunday Times<BR>'The lost giant of American literature' New Yorker<BR><BR>June, 1957. One afternoon, in the backwater town of Sutton, a young black farmer by the name of Tucker Caliban matter-of-factly throws salt on his field, shoots his horse and livestock, sets fire to his house and departs the southern state.

And thereafter, the entire African-American population leave with him.<BR><BR>The reaction that follows is told across a dozen chapters, each from the perspective of a different white townsperson. These are boys, girls, men and women; either liberal or conservative, bigoted or sympathetic - yet all of whom are grappling with this spontaneous, collective rejection of subordination.<BR><BR>In 1962, aged just 24, William Melvin Kelley's debut novel A Different Drummer earned him critical comparisons to James Baldwin and William Faulkner.

Fifty-five years later, author and journalist Kathryn Schulz happened upon the novel serendipitously and was inspired to write the New Yorker article 'The Lost Giant of American Literature', included as a foreword to this edition.

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